Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 ADAuthor: Peter BrownPublisher: Princeton University PressISBN: 1400844533Category: HistoryPage: 792View: 5273

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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.

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Time was running out for Bob Kinnaird. Without much warning, the Hunter - the green protoplasmic alien that lived inside him and cured all his ills - had suddenly become his destroyer. Day by day Bob grew weaker and weaker, but only specialists from the Hunter's distant world would know what was wrong with him and, more importantly, how to save him. But the only way searchers from his planet could find him was to locate his missing spaceship . . . a spaceship that had crashed beneath the ocean years before, its location still very much a mystery. Once again leading an investigation against time - as he had done so many years before - the Hunter knew he had to find comrades and find them fast . . . before someone murdered his best friend.

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Learn the steps to building meaningful relationships with loved ones, friends, and colleagues with this innovative guide. Though leaving the comfort zone of relationships is a challenge, doing so can provide enlightenment on key areas requiring improvement. Revealing insight, powerful anecdotes, and illuminating exercises show that half-hearted responses are insufficient, and that successful relationships require responsibility, focus, and commitment.

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Alec Mutz’s childhood came to an end in 1939, when Nazi soldiers marched into his hometown of Tarnobrzeg, Poland. His life would never be the same. Within a matter of months his family was torn apart, and ten-year-old Alec found himself struggling to survive alongside his father, Samuel. Through the Eye of a Needle chronicles the life of a child who is forced to come of age in some of Hitler’s most notorious concentration camps. Witness to countless acts of barbarity, he endures slave labor, beatings, starvation, and forced marching during his six years of incarceration. Yet with the support of his father, he lives to see the end of one of history’s most epic human tragedies.

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Through the Eye of a Needle is a brilliant account of his journey—illuminating, enchanting, and often extremely funny—arguing that the way we look at clothing influences the way we look at the environment, the economy, and life itself. Few books written in our soulless times have such potential to transform people’s minds so completely—while also making them laugh. His encounters are by turns humorous and enlightening. He meets BBC TV’s Jeremy Clarkson, Hollywood superstars Richard Gere and Daryl Hannah, spiritual teachers, politicians, call-center and sweatshop workers, artists, Transition Town leader Rob Hopkins, Prince Charles’s own Savile Row tailor, and many others.

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The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

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In 2003 Kent Annan left behind his prosperous, comfortable upbringing to face the world beyond its gates, where people wear his cast-off clothing and seek comfort from the heat in the long shadow of his homeland. Haiti, apparently, was where God wanted him. Of course, just because God wants you somewhere doesn't mean it's going to be easy. Little did he know how important his work would be. Now, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, Annan's experience living and working in Haiti has become a powerful resource for those looking to learn more about this amazing country and find out how they can help Haiti rebuild and thrive. In this book you'll enter into Annan's experience traveling and working in Haiti, and ultimately you'll be challenged to follow God into uncharted territory on a path that may lead to your local soup kitchen--or to a Haitian relief settlement. Either way, you'll learn what it means to become vulnerable in order to help others and share the embodied love of Christ. Read Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle for a vivid picture of the Haiti Annan knows, the good work happening there through organizations like Haiti Partners, and the ways you can get involved. Whether you go or stay, you'll get a fresh sense of what it means to love God and love our neighbor when love is uncomfortable, even dangerous; to see what happens when God stretches you beyond your borders into his kingdom.

The Birth of America Through the Eye of a NeedleAuthor: N.APublisher: Schiffer Pub LimitedISBN: 9780764324659Category: Crafts & HobbiesPage: 168View: 5294

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This new book anticipates Virginias 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in over 430 color and vintage photographs. From quilted armor of the 17th century to crazy quilts of the 19th century, these personal family and museum treasures include homespun work of slaves and fancy work of freed women and First Ladies. The eight Virginia-born U.S. presidents are each represented here, with work from George Washingtons great great grandmother to quilting by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The contents derive from the study of more than 3,000 quilts statewide that were meticulously examined by the Virginia Consortium of Quilters' Documentation Project. This book is an important contribution to quilting history and Virginia heritage, and will be inspirational today for enthusiastic sewers everywhere.

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"Here, the voice of Heeni, a relative of the current Maori Queen, chronicles the history of the Maori of New Zealand and the adaptations they have made to survive as a group in the modern world."--BOOK JACKET.

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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trend of forming utopian communities became prevalent across the United States. Several of William Dean Howells' novels gently satirized this movement; in Through the Eye of the Needle, an unlikely pair of utopian community dwellers fall in love.

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Imagine you've just entered the parking garage of your office building one morning, you step out of the car, still a little sleepy-eyed, lock the door with your remote and turn around: There staring in your face is a camel, with profoundly soft, gentle eyes, silhouetted against a setting sun. The parking lot? Gone. Your office building? Doesn't exist anymore. And your hum-drum 9-to-5? Gone too. No, this is not the Twilight Zone, it's what this book Through the Eye of A Needle is about: The transformation of our hum-drum existence into the miraculous -- and you don't even have to buy expensive tickets and fly to Egypt for it to happen, the transformation can begin right in the middle of this sentence you're reading -- like turning around in a parking garage one hum-drum morning and staring at a camel. And if that were not not good enough, the book won't even cost you that much: $39.95 (and as everybody knows if you wait long enough, Amazon will sell it to you for a third of that price.) So what's this book about again? Read the inside flap of the dust cover, it will tell you: It's about "the union of the sacred and the profane. Beginning with a brief reconnaisance of prehistoric caves at Chauvet and winding its way through ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, [the book] asks a simple question: What do these images really mean?" The book's punchline (which you won't find here) relating to the secret teachings of Lao Tzu, Buddha, Moses, Christ and Plato will simply astonish you -- and (depending on your type -- negative, positive, neutral) maybe even please you.

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THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE was written to meet the needs of otherwise successful people who have come to realise that career and material success has not brought the happiness they seek. It never has, and it never will! It's what Stan Sanderson calls, "The Big Lie." And the reason it won't, quite simply, is that happiness is not a by-product of the acquisition of anything. The timing of this book couldn't be better. In 2005 the last of the over 80 million "Baby Boomers" in North America will have passed age 40. This is a group that has enjoyed an unprecedented period of successful employment and material acquisition. However, now, as they enter mid-life and are looking towards retirement, they're reflecting on the real value of this same success. They're successful, but they're not happy! Something is definitely missing in their life. And, as Baby Boomers are known to do, they're looking to satisfy their need. Their search, understandably, is leading them to consider the God "thing," now, more than ever before. But, where do you find God? Church attendance figures have been declining in recent years, as the result of church services not being seen as relevant to today's circumstances. And its message of a punishing God, that would "burn" sinners in Hell, is not very attractive to a group of people used to being catered to, and provided with all of the comforts of a modern society. THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE surrounds and embraces The Spiritual Coach Program. A simple, yet powerful, program, consisting of Seven Concepts and Seven Strategies, specifically designed to help otherwise successful people discover the joy, happiness and freedom that lie beyond material success. Havingdiscovered his own spiritual reality through practising this program, Stan shares the process with you from his perspective as a Spiritual Coach. The message is both compelling and enlightening, and the clarity of his presentation is refreshing! This book now makes it po

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The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and A Column of Fire His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . . But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis. . . .

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Bitter Sweet by C. Brown Bitter Sweet is a plethora of vivid and explicit short stories that leave nothing to the imagination. From the first to the last story C. Brown will abduct you and hold you hostage to the drama. Lost Orgasm - Charlene, an overweight divorcee and mother of three sets out to find her orgasm. The no-holds barred, non-stop action will arouse the inner freak and let loose the beast. Black Love - Lisette, a Hispanic woman who has her first taste of black love, will also become familiar with her breaking point revenge is a dish best served hot and steamy. Love Kills - Beth, an aspiring model, must decide how she wants to make it to the top, on the catwalk or on her back. She makes the mistake of choosing the cameras and the flashing lights over love and ends up regretting it with her last breath Becareful what you ask for. Office Politics - Felicia, a woman trying to climb the ladder of success discovers just what the term "office politics" is all about, when she has to decide if she will continue her tryst with her supervisor or sleep with the one man who knows their secret in exchange for his silence. Sex on the front lines Private Love, and her two bunkmates are stationed on the frontlines of Iraq and decide to live-out their fantasies before leaving for their final mission. C. Brown has tapped into his inner woman for these stories and many more They are written to tantalize and delight men as well as women and they both will find them equally fulfilling. Brooklyn native, Clifford Brown, is the type of author who is not afraid to venture into realms of existence that most people dare not go. He is skilled in the intricacies of the contemporary human condition, and can incorporate an authenticity to his fictional stories that inspire the depth of reality in each of us. Readers will identify with one of his many works, if not all.